Law firms are often divided into practice areas, each focusing on different types of law or sectors. In our latest episode, we speak with Simranjeet Kaur Mann about a range of different practice areas, typical trainee tasks and how understanding these areas can benefit students/graduates when choosing which firms to apply to.

The O Shaped Lawyer is an initiative set up by that aims to improve the legal sector for everyone involved by producing well-rounded lawyers, through highlighting the importance of soft skills that have traditionally been ignored in favour of technical skills.

We speak with Neil Campbell, Managing Legal Counsel at NatWest Group and member of the O Shaped Working Group about ‘How to be an O Shaped Lawyer’.

Have you ever read a LittleLaw commercial awareness digest or thought about sitting the New York Bar Exam? If you have, then don’t miss out on our latest podcast episode, where we Interview Idin on these topics.

The Law Codex has partnered with Herbert Smith Freehills to provide an exclusive insight into the life of a trainee at this international commercial law firm. In this podcast episode, we speak with trainee Nicolas Schuscheim about his journey from student to HSF trainee, the culture of the firm, and the work he has completed so far in his training contract.

We speak with Commercial Law School founders Fadzai and Tia, about their youtube channel that provides digestible videos covering key commercial concepts, such as law firm practise areas, types of law firm, and artificial intelligence within law firms. Fadzai is a future trainee solicitor at Latham & Watkins, and Tia is a future trainee solicitor at Clifford Chance.

In the latest episode of The Law Codex podcast, we speak with the musical duet James and Jamie about their new “Here to Stay” EP, their journey in music, and even their experience playing in front of hundreds of people at their grandparents golden wedding anniversary. Outside of music, James is a trainee solicitor at Burness Paull and Jamie is a gas, oil and heating engineer.

You can find their music here: https://open.spotify.com/album/5waJTUprpFmKGsuEqbLHol?si=JquAlxObT-GXXn5Zi1MrZA

In this episode of our “Young Innovators” series, we speak with Queen Mary University of London Law student Declan McLoughlin. Declan is a Future Trainee Solicitor at Linklaters, who founded Channels - a social mobility charity dedicated to delivering bespoke careers education to social mobility cold sports across the United Kingdom. We discuss Declan’s work with Channels, the other organisations that provide support for socially mobile individuals, and more!

We speak with Lord Duncan of Springbank about how the EU can reform to become more democratic and attentive to the needs of citizens, whether the Scottish Parliament’s electronic voting system should be adopted in the House of Commons, and more. Lord Duncan  is a former Member of the European Parliament as one of six Scottish MEPs. In addition, Lord Duncan served as the Head of the Scottish Parliament’s EU Office in Brussels, with the remit of his role being to manage the relationship between the Scottish Parliament and the institutions of the EU. This, combined with him being the only minister to have served in the Scotland, Northern Ireland, and the Wales Offices, provides Lord Duncan with extensive experience within various levels and areas of government.

In this episode of our “Young Innovators” series, we speak with University of York Philosophy student Carolina Manakit. Caroline is the President and Founder of the 93% Club York and, more recently, the National Secretary of the 93% Club. We discuss the aims and activities of the 93% Club, social mobility and the impacts of inequality in universities, and more!

In this episode, we speak with Harry Clark about commercial awareness as a concept and how to answer vacation scheme and training contract application questions which are testing your commercial awareness. Harry is a trainee solicitor at Baker McKenzie, having started his first seat in September. With his More From Law podcast, Harry has uploaded content containing valuable advice for students covering areas like commercial awareness, training contract applications, and networking.